ELITE SPORTS COMPLEX — Local services in Downers Grove

This complex is absolutely terrible considering the coaches, equipment, and other gymnasts. My friend and I just wanted to have fun at their open gym. But, of course, it was the worst gym i have ever been to. I am not exaggerating when i say this. first off as soon as we got there we found the facility to look very “dirty”. So, it was hard to enjoy it from the start. Not to mention the place made me want to leave from the start. Then just as we were going into the trampolines, i repeat just to have fun, a coach came in to yell at us. He was not friendly at all and he told us off on the rules, which we did not know. I was there just to have fun and he told me that i did not have the ability to do a certain skill and said leave it to the professionals and pointed at my friend and then asked me if i had ever been on a trampoline before. Then we switch to the part of the gym. We were just practicing in the bars when he said we were not allowed to do that. Then after a while in that part of the gym we switched to the other part. And of course this coach wasn’t friendly either, she said that we were not allowed to land like that. How are supposed to control how we land when we are just learning something. Both coaches made us very uncomfortable and made us want to leave. Now the equipment. The equipment was absolutely terrible. It made me feel really unsafe. The trampoline springs were exposed which i had broken my foot before caused by the springs. The trampolines were ripping and we not stitched together. You had to wear socks on the trampolines because that was how bad of quality it was. On top of that, all of the equipment was very old and squeaky which i know because i came here for gymnastics when i was little. I joined the club for about two months and both my parents and myself thought it was a dump and just a horrible place for me to be learning gymnastics. It was the same dump that it was today. Which is why I know their equipment is very old. It was just absolutely terrible. And the mats were completely worn down meaning it hurt when you landed considering you don’t land on a softer surface. Finally the other gymnasts were absolutely terrible considering their attitude. For a person who hasn’t really practiced gymnastics since i was little and being a person just looking to have fun, it wasn’t a great experience for the little girls to be sassing you around and laughing at you. Not to mention mocking us. And every sport has an aspect of discipline. They were not disciplined. So in conclusion, I recommend that no child should be forced...

My daughter has been going here for three to four years and there has always been a communication problem with the staff. No one answer phones, there's gaps in who is covering what class and to top it off we finally found a coach that was willing to motivate and work with my daughter. Someone who cared to teach gymnastics instead of allowing the kids to run around like its a typical elementary school gym class. Without any type of communication the coach decided not to continue teaching the 5yr old class. No farewell from the coach on her last day, no call or email from the gym staff OR any kind of mention from the new coach who took over the class.

It is one thing for a child to have a problem listening because of their age and attention span, but it is a whole other thing for a child to run off to do their own thing and the coach doesn't try to draw them back. Allowing them to potentially injure themselves on equipment that is far too advanced for their age.

New management has taken over within the last year and there has been no changes other than the staff being 18yrs and above, and physical building changes/updates. They need coaches who will be more stern with the kids and make them follow directions. I have toughed it out for far too long at this facility. It's time for me to move my daughter somewhere else where she can grow...

The facility in the area near me are awful. The coaches are rude the other gymnasts are brats and the equipment need to be updated. My friend and I went to the open gym there a few days ago and we are never going back. That open gym was not worth $12. The trampolines feel like they are going to burst and whenever you do any trick on the floor it makes a loud boom when you land. One of the coaches insulted my friend telling her to leave it to the professionals and with a follow up question of have you ever been on a trampoline before. This is not what coaches are supposed to do they are supposed too help you with the trick and how to do it. There was this other coach that did help me with my backflip and his advises was very helpful. The other gymnasts there were all 8 year old rich brats. They were rude and impolite. If I had a child I would not let them be in that environment. Their open gyms are very late and over priced for the experience my friends and I had. This review is from a gymnast point of view and is just about the open gyms and just about the...